Yes, we absolutely care

Here is another fascinating piece from Michael Yon. In the piece he mentions that some soldiers wonder if we here back home care about what is happening to them. Here is much of what I emailed Mr. Yon in return.

Yes sir, absolutely we care. Please tell every soldier you come in
contact with that countless Americans think about our good troops there,
we pray for them, we cringe at the delivery of every morning paper,
hoping there weren't more American casualties in the previous day. Even
one American soldier is too much to sacrifice to these murderous
barbarians.

Yes, we care. They are our heroes. I know one of them rather well.

We take so much pride in our soldiers because we know they came from us. They are us. At one point, they were little boys riding bikes through our streets, tossing footballs, swinging out on ropes over slow moving rivers. And then, they volunteered for a job that would put them in harm's way, and this society trained them, took their courage, lit a match to it, and turned them into the most lethal fighting force the world has ever seen.

They aren't the cousins of some dictator given the only weapons in the
country, they aren't robots. They are Americans, the best of America,
and we care deeply about what happens to them.

Here is something I wrote some time ago, for me it's what I think of
when I see our troops in action.

We wish we knew what we could do for our troops, how can we best support
them. What do the troops say?

Whatever we can do for our troops, let's do it. They are over there for us. Whether it's contributing to charitable funds for the soldiers and their families, or writing letters to local newspapers, participating in political campaigns, whatever it is, let's be so committed that soldiers will never have to wonder if we care about them.